Microsoft Edge Annoyances revisited
I published the article Microsoft Edge Annoyances back in mid-2016.
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Waterfox 56.0.2 security update released
Waterfox 56.
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Firefox 59: UI options to block notifications, microphone, camera and location
Mozilla plans to roll out a change in Firefox 59, out 13.
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Dashlane wants to automate passwords in 2018
Passwords are everywhere.
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Game Saturday: Logan Kart
Logan Kart is a cart racing game for Windows PCs that plays a lot like Mario Kart.
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Google promises better protection against deceptive Chrome inline installations
Google announced today on the official Chromium blog that it will improve the Chrome browser's protection against deceptive inline installations.
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NoBot is a portable malware scanner for Windows
NoBot is a portable spyware and malware scanner for the Windows operating system that focuses on detecting bots, spyware, and other types of malware.
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Mozilla Firefox 57.0.4 released
Mozilla released Firefox 57.
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Find out if your Windows PC is affected by Meltdown/Spectre vulnerabilities
Meltdown and Spectre are designed vulnerabilities in modern processors that allow attackers to read virtual memory arbitrarily.
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Opera 50 Stable is out
Opera Software released Opera 50 to the Stable release channel today on January 4th, 2018.
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Microsoft releases out-of-band security updates to address Intel bug
Microsoft released out-of-band security updates for Windows yesterdays that address a recently revealed major security bug in Intel, AMD and ARM processors.
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Linux Mint team targets May or June 2018 for Linux Mint 19 release
The release of Linux Mint 18.
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Fakespot: analyze fake Amazon, Yelp and Tripadvisor reviews
Fakespot is a free AI-powered tool that analyzes online reviews on Amazon, Yelp, TripAdvisor, Walmart, and eBay to detect inauthentic content.
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Microsoft Office January 2018 Patch Day
Microsoft released updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016 yesterday on the January 2018 Office non-security Patch Day.
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You can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free in 2018
Ever since Microsoft released Windows 10, users and administrators had options to upgrade Windows 7 or Windows 8 systems to Windows 10 for free.
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Fix the api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll is missing error
You may get the error message api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.
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Yahoo Search becomes unusable because of ads
If you visit Yahoo Search right now from a location in the United States, the chance is high that you get more ads on the search results page than organic resul
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How to change the properties of VirtualBox virtual machines
It is quite easy to set up virtual machines using VirtualBox and other virtualization programs.
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Visual C++ AIO Installer Uninstaller
Visual C++ Installer Uninstaller is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices to install or uninstall Visual C++ runtimes in one swift operation.
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Grammarly Premium review
Grammarly is an online spell and grammar checker for the English language.
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Measure your WiFi Throughput with Fritz!App WLAN
Depending on where you live, setting up a wireless network may be as easy as plugging in the router and connecting your devices to the network.
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Resources for learning bash/shell scripting in GNU/Linux
There is a stigma around the word Linux, where people generally envision people with glasses, beards, and look like a hippy programmer.
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How web trackers exploit password managers
Most web browsers come with a built-in password manager, a basic tool to save login data to a database and fill out forms and/or sign in to sites automatically
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NoScript WebExtension update improves user interface
A new version of the Firefox security extension NoScript was released today.
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Google pulls crypto-mining Chrome extension Archive Poster
Google removed Archive Poster from the Chrome Web Store the other day after reports emerged that the extension abused user devices to mine crypto-currency.
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Registry Live Watch for Windows
Registry Live Watch is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows devices.
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Automation comes to the Ghacks user.js configuration for Firefox
The Ghacks user.
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How to clean up the Windows Program Files folder
Win32 programs have a lot of flexibility when it comes to the installation process.
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Firefox 57.0.3 bug fix release
Mozilla released Firefox 57.
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Windows Resource Monitor: How to Open and Use resmon
Resource Monitor (resmon.
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Windows 10: GPU performance in Task Manager
Microsoft added a bunch of smaller features and improvements to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
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AutoBootDisk: copy Linux distributions to bootable USB drives
AutoBootDisk is a free cross-platform program that you may use to copy Linux distributions to a bootable USB drive so that you can boot Linux from these devices
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Thunderbird Audit reveals unpatched security issues
A recent security audit of the email client Thunderbird and the encryption extension Enigmail revealed unpatched security issues in the email program and in Eni
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Google Plus has a massive spam problem
Remember Google Plus? Google's answer to Facebook that did not really meet the company's expectation even after forcing most sites and websites to integrate it
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Bulk Crap Uninstaller 4.0 update released
Bulk Crap Uninstaller 4.
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Avast releases machine-code decompiler RetDec
Computer security heavyweight Avast released its machine-code decompiler RetDec as an open source tool to the public recently.
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Noisli generates background noise that helps you focus or relax
Noisli is a web service and a mobile application that you may use to generate background noise that helps you focus or relax.
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Haven turns old Android phones into privacy-respecting home security systems
Haven is a free application for Google's Android operating system that turns any Android device into a privacy-respecting home security system endorsed by Edwar
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Use Google Maps Go as a lightweight alternative to Google Maps
Google unveiled Android Go some time ago.
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Firefox Lockbox alpha by Mozilla replace built-in password manager
Mozilla unveiled a new version of Lockbox today, a password manager extension for desktop versions of the Firefox web browser that replaces the built-in passwor
